Chapter 4

As I stood in the center of the circle, my mind-link call echoed silently through the pack bonds. Not the limited, local links that most wolves used to communicate within their packs, but the specialized, encrypted Royal frequency that only those with clearance could access. I sent the signal again, a repeating pattern that would trigger immediate action from my team.

Several of the guard-rank wolves around the circle suddenly stiffened, their heads tilting slightly as if hearing a distant sound. One—a muscular Delta with scars across his forearms—frowned deeply, his nostrils flaring as he tried to identify what had…